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New app ‘a game changer’ in fight against falls

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An aged care provider in Sydney has teamed up with Australia’s leading experts to trial an Australian invention that can predict falls among older people with 75 per cent accuracy.

The trial is part of a new partnership between Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) and Mark Moran Group (MMG) to develop ground-breaking health and wellness innovations to support the aged care sector and older Australians.

The partnership includes the rollout of new app-based wellbeing assessment tool FallScreen+, which builds on more than 30 years of NeuRA’s studies at the Falls Balance and Injury Research Centre.

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Source:
Natasha Egan, 2019, Australian Ageing Agenda (https://www.australianageingagenda.com.au)

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